VOLUME I, NUMBER J.
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The Commoner.
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WEEK AT WASHINGTON
Tho recently established United
StatOB consulates at Mukden and An
tung In Manchuria arc to bo filled by
Janios T. Cheshiro and James W.
Davidson, according to appointment
by tho president. Mr. Cheshiro has
eorved in tho government service i'or
thirty years or more, most of tho
tlmo In China, Ho is to.ty) sent to
Mukden. Mr. Davidson also has had
considerable experience in tho gov
ernment sorvico and goes to Antung.
' Dr. Horran, chargo d'affaires of tho
Colombian legation at Washington,
Las decided to avail hlmsolf of a leavo
pf absence granted him and will soon
loavo this country. Tho legation ar
chives aro being packed and stored,
and its affalra are to bo turned over
to tho. Colombian consul general in
Now York.
A Washington dispatch dated Jan
uary 1G says: During tho past two
..-.vookfl $5,000,000 in gold has arrived
h!t San Francisco from Japan to flay
for .food supplies and munitions of
',ar that have boon obtained In this
.' ceuntry. More gold now is on route
' to tho United States from Japan to
pay i'or other supplios.
, 1 Tho annual meeting of tho nati6nal
"board of trado was held in Washing
ton on January 19, 20, and 21. Im
portant matters camo bdforo the con
vention for discussion. Tho national
board of trado has been in oxistenco
slhco, 18G8.
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i, Tho annual roport of tho commis
sioner bf education for Pprtb "Ilico,
Samuol McCuno Lindsay, was recent
ly mado and shows a substantial,
, progress In tho school affairs of the
"Island; 1,005- schools aro open, with a
"'Mai, enrollment of 70,21(5. . Expen
ditures for educational purposes dur
ing tho fiscal year amounted to ,?S17,-15.
.' OiOa.mmry 18 tho house committee
on, Indian affairs ordered a favorable
report on tho bill to open for sottle-
-mcntr 400,000 acres of tho Rosebud
Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
Tho sonato committee on foreign
rolatlbng directed Senator Cullom on
JamutjryS' to roport tho Panama
.treaty,, with throo amendments. Tho
jamondments relate to sanitation, lim
itation of duties and control of har
bors. Tho United States by tho
amondmont rolating to sanitation is
granted more direct power in all sani
tary regulations. Tho amendment
concerning the limitation of the cities
more specifically defines what are the
.limits of Panama and Colon in rela
tion to tho canal zone. Tho harbor
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If it beats fast, then slowskips
beats, your heart is weak and should
be treated at once. Dr. Miles' Heart
Cure is the best and safest remedy,
old ou guarantee. Mead far book on tho heart
l)x. MiiiES Mxdioau Go., Elkhart, Ind.
amendment gives tho United States
control of tho harbors for tho pur
poso of improvements.
Tho attention of tho senate was
taken up on January 18 by tho dis
cussion of the postofflce inquiry reso
lution and the Panama canal question.
After several speeches on the subject,
it was agreed that all postal investi
gation resolutions are? to go to tho
committee on postofflces. Mr. Halo
and Mr. Gorman took active part in
tho discussion of tho postal affair,
and Mr. Teller of Colorado spoke on
tho Panama question.
On January 18 tho United States
supremo court again reaffirmed tho
ruling mado in a case known as Car
ter against the state of Texas, to the
effect that tho exclusion of negroes
from grand juries in cases involving
criminal charges against members of
their race is in violation of the con
stitution and therefore not perrrdssa
blo. Tho opinion was deliveied by
Justice Holmes.
On , January 19 Congressman Kln
hald of Nebraska, introduced a bill in
the house to amend the homestead
law so as to provide that all unap
propriated lands situated in thlrty
olght counties in Nebraska, shall be
subject to homestead entry, not to
oxceed G40 acres to any one person.
ThOj counties affected by this measure
are those in tho western and north
western part of tho state, and as tho
larger part of this land is better
hdaptod for stoolc raising than agri
cultural purposes, the bill is primarily
for tho purpose bf extending the right
for grazing.
Senator Quay of Pennsylvania in
troduced a bill' on January 19 provid
ing for the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian territory as one state.
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Postmaster General Payne was re
cently quoted as saying that there
is nothing to prevent postmasters or
other federal officeholders from serv
ing as delegates to presidential con
ventions, whether national, state or
county.
A Washington dispatch dated Jan
uary 19 says: The array appropria
tion bill, which was completed by the
house committee on military affairs
yesterday, carries a total of ?73,536,
000. The appropriations for the cur
rent year amounts to $74,637,000. The
estimates on which the bill is based
amounted to $77,161,000. The esti
mate for transportation of soldiers
and supplies of $15,500,000 was cut
down by $1,000,000. An appropriation
of $400,000 Is made for a general
array office at Washington, D. C, and
ouu,uuu is maae available for com
pleting tho army war college in this
city.
On January 22 the senate adopted
tho resolution of inquiry concerning
affairs at Panama, introduced on the
5th Inst, by Senator Gorman. This
rosolutlon calls on the president for
information regarding the recent in
tervention in Panama, especially as to
the claim that the United States used
military force in that intervention.
Tho house passed 209 pension bills
and a resolution calling on the secre
tary of war and the attorney general
for information as to the number of
horses and carriages maintained at
government oxponso for officers of
these respective departments, on Jan
uary 22.
The trial of persons concerned in
the postal fraud cases continued, and
on January 22 tho government an
nounced that it was nearlng tho com
pletion of its case. On that day sev
eral witnesses were examined in the
Machen case. Mr. Conrad, tho coun
sel for the government, announced
that he would withdraw the statement
that Mr. Machen, on a salary of $3,500
a year, had managed to make $20,000 a
year, saying that ho would not try
to convict the defendant on any state
ment he had inadvertantly made.
On January 22 tho house committee
on rivers and harbors decided that
there should bo no river and harbor
appropriation bill at the present ses
sion of congress, although a few sur
veys may be authorized. The nialn
reason for this action is said to be the
largo balance at the e,nd of, last year
remaining, which balance is esti
mated at $38,000,000. . .
Tho navy department on January. 22
transmitted to the house a request for
an appropriation of $1,015,000 to car
ry on tho work of constructing the
naval station at Guantanimo, Cubak'
An examination of the TVIIssouri
river as to its adaptability for extend
ed navigation was authbrized a year
ago, and the chief engineer of the
war department on January 20 Sub
mitted to congress a report 'of this
examination. It is announced that
according to this examination, tho
stream cannot bo made navigable at
a reasonable cost by dredging, but an
appropriation for the purpose of snag
ging operations is advised.
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On January 20, according to a
Washington dispatch, the resolution
Introduced in the house Monday by
Representative Gilbert M. Hitchcock,
calling upon the secretary of the
treasury for information as to the
number of horses, carriages and au
tomobiles maintained at public ex
pense for the use of officials in his
department, the cost of the same, the
number of coachmen, footmen and
chauffeurs employed with these ve
hicles, was favorably reported by the
ways and means committee today.
The resolution was slightly amended
so as to show the date when the ve
hicles wore purchased. Without de
bate the house adopted the resolution
and it goes to Secretary Shaw.
By a vote of 201 to 68, the house
passed the Hepburn pure food bill on
January 20. Several attempts were
made to amend the bill, but no ma
terial changes were made in it. The
measure relates to the enforcement of
maintaining a pure standard of foods
and drugs, and becomes operative Feb
ruary 1.
vice, recently returned from Mexico,
where" he secured the co-operation o
that government in measures intend
ed to prevent the recurrence of epi
demics in tho yellow fever region.
Certain precautions agreed upon are
to be enforced this winter and it is
thought that these precautions will
prevent the recrudescence of yellow,
fever in the summer and fall.
In a speech made in the house on
January 21 by Mr. Williams, the mi
nority leader, a gener.il arraignment
of republican policies was made. Mr.
Williams demanded tariff revision and
this caused some debate in the house,
Reciprocity with Canada was also
discussed.
The Washington correspondent, for
the Chicago Record-Herald-' under
date of January 20 said: "In his re
port to the house, filed today, in fav
or of the bill authorizing a commis
sion to consider the question of ship
subsidy, Representative Gros'venor,
chairman of the committee on mer
chant marine and fisheries, called at-
tention to the fact that nearly all the
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